Pediatrics (all articles)
M-A: Fetal and maternal outcomes after maternal biologic use during conception and pregnancy.
25 Feb, 2022 | 10:43h | UTC
Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy: meta-analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes.
25 Feb, 2022 | 10:39h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Open Access in January's BJS: Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy: meta-analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes https://t.co/wB68RFQ57g @AmyLightnerMD @bplwijn @des_winter @ksoreide @MalinASund @evanscolorectal @nfmkok @robhinchliffe1 @young_bjs pic.twitter.com/eMGzExNJsM
— BJS (@BJSurgery) January 7, 2022
Anti-inflammatory treatment of Kawasaki Disease: comparison of current guidelines and perspectives.
25 Feb, 2022 | 10:29h | UTC
Mortality from congenital Zika Syndrome — nationwide cohort study in Brazil.
24 Feb, 2022 | 10:18h | UTC
Current State of Imaging of Pediatric Pancreatitis: AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review.
24 Feb, 2022 | 10:13h | UTC
WHO/UNICEF: More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing.
23 Feb, 2022 | 10:42h | UTCCommentary: Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter
"We have been targeted with marketing from formula milk companies."
Over half of parents & pregnant women exposed to formula milk marketing, violating international standards and harming child health
-🆕 WHO, @UNICEF survey➡️ https://t.co/86Bf69PSeK#EndExploitativeMarketing pic.twitter.com/BuhQPgM3OX
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) February 22, 2022
PCRRT position paper on prescribing kidney replacement therapy in critically sick children with acute liver failure.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC
Study suggests banning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax.
22 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTCBanning the promotion of soft drinks could be more effective than a sugar tax – The Conversation
Original Study: Industry levy versus banning promotion on soft drinks in Scotland: A distributional analysis – Food Policy
Related:
Association of a sweetened beverage tax with reduction in soda consumption in high school students.
UK National Food Strategy: Tax sugar and salt and prescribe veg, report says.
Perspective – Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation
Cohort Study: Association Between Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Soft Drink Consumption
Meta-Analysis: Impact of Sugar‐sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases and Dietary Intake
Study: Snack Tax May be More Effective than a Sugary Drink Tax to Tackle Obesity
Sugar Tax: Why Health Experts Want it But Politicians and Industry are Resisting
The Effect of Food Price Changes on Consumer Purchases: A Randomized Experiment
Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Associated with Reduced Consumption
Soda Tax Linked to a 50 Percent Reduction in Sugary Drink Consumption
Fiscal policies for diet and the prevention of noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization
The Lancet taskforce on NCDs and economics
To improve global health, tax the things that are killing us – Financial Times
Reducing cardiovascular disease burden through targeted dietary policies
Fiscal policies for the prevention of diseases
IPSO Pediatric Surgical Oncology Surgical Practice Guidelines.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:44h | UTCInternational Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) Surgical Practice Guidelines – eCancer
New U.S. childhood and adolescent immunization schedule released by ACIP.
18 Feb, 2022 | 10:05h | UTCRecommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2022 – Pediatrics
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M-A: Prevalence of anxiety and post-traumatic stress (PTS) among the parents of babies admitted to neonatal units.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:22h | UTC
England to offer Covid jab to five to 11-year-olds.
17 Feb, 2022 | 10:09h | UTCEngland to offer Covid jab to five to 11-year-olds – BBC
Risk factors for PICU admission and death among children and young people hospitalized with COVID-19 and PIMS-TS in England during the first pandemic year.
17 Feb, 2022 | 09:58h | UTCCommentary: Studies detail risk of severe COVID-19, GI problems in kids – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter
The risk of intensive care unit admission among children with COVID-19 is affected by age, ethnicity and comorbidities, according to a @NatureMedicine paper. Understanding these modifiers might help identify at-risk children and guide interventions. https://t.co/MIkLecyNI6 pic.twitter.com/JtN3Ab4Lu7
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) December 20, 2021
Guidance for systematic integration of undernutrition in attributing cause of death in children.
17 Feb, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC
External validation of the HCM Risk-Kids model for predicting sudden cardiac death in childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
17 Feb, 2022 | 08:21h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Check out #EJPC first external validation of the HCM Risk-Kids model https://t.co/EWaiApaxN5 #hypertrophic #cardiomyopathy #genetics #suddendeath #SCD @jodieingles27 @CSHeartResearch @CarolynHoMD @RumanaOmar @jpkaski @m_piepoli @SilCastelletti @paolo_emilio @EAPCPresident pic.twitter.com/rOVk1ynwWl
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) January 2, 2022
Review: Viloxazine in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
17 Feb, 2022 | 08:17h | UTCViloxazine in the Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – Frontiers in Psychiatry
Seminar: Measles.
16 Feb, 2022 | 10:15h | UTCMeasles – The Lancet (free registration required)
See also: Measles Infographics
Commentary on Twitter
Measles: highly contagious, potentially fatal, vaccine-preventable.
Judith M Hübschen & colleagues provide an up-to-date Seminar.
🔗 https://t.co/LwzPvqjW1x pic.twitter.com/Io6Eghn5zK
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) February 14, 2022
M-A: Global prevalence of meeting screen time guidelines among children 5 years and younger.
16 Feb, 2022 | 08:40h | UTCCommentary: Kids using screens more than recommended, new study finds – ABC News
Related Guidelines:
Media and Young Minds – American Academy of Pediatrics
Commentary on Twitter
A meta-analysis led by @BraeMcArthur and @sherimadigan found that globally, 24.7% of children under 2 met the guideline to avoid screen use and 35.6% of children 2-5 years meet the guideline of no more than 1hr/day. https://t.co/faJ5oWZ70k
— JAMA Pediatrics (@JAMAPediatrics) February 14, 2022
Podcast | Failure to Thrive – Growing into Focused Management.
16 Feb, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC#39: Failure to Thrive – Growing into Focused Management – The Cribsiders
ACR Guidance for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With SARS–CoV-2 and Hyperinflammation in Pediatric COVID-19.
15 Feb, 2022 | 10:17h | UTCCommentary and summary: ACR Updates Clinical Guidance for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With COVID – RheumNow
Study identifies risk factors for severe CoviD-19 in children.
15 Feb, 2022 | 10:01h | UTCRisk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children – Pediatrics
Rickets guidance: part I—diagnostic workup.
15 Feb, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCRickets guidance: part I—diagnostic workup – Pediatric Nephrology
Cluster RCT: An educational safety-promoting program in neonatal intensive care units reduced the rate of adverse events.
15 Feb, 2022 | 08:27h | UTCAn educational programme in neonatal intensive care units (SEPREVEN): a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are at high risk of adverse events.
A stepped-wedge, cluster-RCT by Laurence Caeymaex & colleagues found a multiprofessional safety-promoting training programme in NICUs reduced the rate of such events. https://t.co/plmKBCOLOu pic.twitter.com/NdR9SiAqUI
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 26, 2022
Pfizer and FDA pull back from plan to expedite review of Covid-19 vaccine in children under 5.
13 Feb, 2022 | 22:51h | UTCPfizer and FDA pull back from plan to expedite review of Covid-19 vaccine in young children – STAT
See also:
COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 delayed as Pfizer extends trial – CIDRAP
Pfizer postpones FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5 – NBC News
Novavax says protein vaccine works for kids as young as 12.
13 Feb, 2022 | 22:54h | UTCNovavax says protein vaccine works for kids as young as 12 – Associated Press
Press Release: Novavax Announces Positive Results of COVID-19 Vaccine in Pediatric Population of PREVENT-19 Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Related:
Opinion | The mRNA vaccines are extraordinary, but Novavax is even better.
RCT: Novavax vaccine is 49.4% effective against B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant.
New COVID-19 vaccines: here’s how the promising Novavax and Johnson & Johnson jabs work
Covid-19: Novavax vaccine efficacy is 86% against UK variant and 60% against South African variant